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Title: SURVIVAL AT SEA: Impact Test

Reference number: 4258

Date: [1979, June]

Sponsor: Aberglen Holdings Ltd

Production company: [ Don Films]

Sound: mute

Original format: 16mm

Colour: col

Fiction: non-fiction

Running time: 5.43 mins

Description: The theme of this film is safety at sea. The prototype 'Aberglen 6.2m totally enclosed survival craft' undergoes rigorous safety checks, including drop and impact tests. The boat is tested on the open sea, and is seen swerving and speeding.

See also related refs 9499 and 5011

Credits: Aberglen Holdings Ltd, presents
[film and Video production by the Highland Film Unit Inc. Coopey of Aberdeen, 79 Garthdee Road, Aberdeen. Film producers Est. 1948]

Shotlist: shot of boat undergoing 'impact test': being hit against harbour wall (0.22) 'drop test': boat is suspended above water by crane and dropped into water (0.36) boat is slowly 'tipped' over, controlled by ropes (1.53) man is pulled out of water, on board boat (presumably to test the ease with which this can be done) (2.20) gvs boat on open sea, swerving violently and speeding (5.37) Aberglen Holdings Limited (5.43)